>Should I build a Tesla coil for a science fair? >mostly I built it because it was cool. I would say build it because you want it, then it'll be a science fai

>Should I build a Tesla coil for a science fair? >mostly I built it because it was cool. I would say build it because you want it, then it'll be a science fair every time you run it. In 6th grade we built one on a portable cart which was brought into class on project days until it was complete. Ended up with a 6 foot tall coil topped with a classic copper flush toilet float. It would throw sparks a few feet to the closest fluorescent tube a kid was holding up.